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This is help zero,  needed only to start

the final help file

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If  you wish to plot the opening  prices

you must press the `Y' key. If you press

the `N' key or the the <return> key  the

chart  will be drawn without the opening

prices.   Plotting  the  opening  prices

will give you more information,  but the

chart   will  appear  more  crowded  and

harder to read.
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Simply press the <return> key or the `Y'

key  if  you would like volume and  open

interest information plotted along  with

your  price  information.    The  volume

information  will be represented by  the

solid  vertical  lines  just  below  the

price plots.   The open interest will be

represented by the dashes just below the

price plots.   If you are using only one

quarter  of  the  screen  to  plot  your

chart,   the  volume  and open  interest

will  be plotted in the same section  of

the  screen as your  price  information.

Therefore,  if  you  are using only  one

quarter  of  the screen you  should  not

plot the volume and open interest.
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You  may plot from one to  three  moving

averages at one time.

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The length of a moving average can range

from  2  days to the number of  days  in

your data file.   If the number of  days

in  your  data  file  exceeds  299,  the

maximum  length  of the  moving  average

will be 299 days.

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Pressing  the `Y' key will instruct  the

program  to plot the scale on the chart.

You  will normally want the chart to  be

scaled  unless you are plotting over  an

existing indicator.  For example, if you

are  about to plot moving averges over a

bar chart you will not want to have  the

scale  drawn on the chart since a  scale

already exists for the bar chart.

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The  length of an exponentially smoothed

moving  average may range from  .001  to

.99.

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With  a  High  /  Low  Oscillator,   the

following ranges will apply for long and

short parameters:

          --  Range --

   Short    0      5
   Long    -5      0

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The  size of the price change which  you

wish  to use as a buy or sell signal  is

completely  dependent on  the  commodity

under  study  and  the  length  of  your

Momentum  Indicator.   You should try to

determine a price change which would  be

slightly  extreme for the commodity  you

are trading given the time interval used

in  the  momentum  index.   The  maximum

price change which can be charted with a

Momentum Indicator is 32683.  In reality

you  should never require parameters  of

this  size.   The following ranges  will

apply  to  buy/sell parameters  of  your

Momentum Indicator.


parameters:

          --  Range --

   Short    0      5
   Long    -5      0

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The  length of this particular indicator

can  range from 2 to 299 days.   If  you

have  less  than 299 days in  your  data

file,  the  maximum length  will be  the

number of days in your data file.

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If  you are plotting a moving average of

another indicator such as an oscillator,

the maximum length of the moving average

will be the number of days in your  data

file  (or 299 if you have more than  300

days  in your file) minus the length  of

the other indicator.   For example,   if

your data file contains 100 days and you

are  going to plot the moving average of

a  25  day oscillator then  the  maximum

length of the moving average will be 75.

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When  naming a chart to be saved on disk

you  must enter the disk drive  and  the

path  name as the firt part of the  file

name.   For example, if you wish to save

your  chart  on the B drive in  the  sub

directory  titled CHARTS,  and you would

like to name your file GRAPH1,  you will

enter the following name:


-->B:\CHARTS\GRAPH1

B: identifies the disk drive.
\CHARTS identifies the sub directory.
\GRAPH1 is the name of the file.

Note:  You  must  have a  sub  directory

already  created  before you  enter  the

High Tech program.  For more information

about  sub directories consult your  DOS

manual.

To simply save CHART1 on the B drive;

-->B:CHART1

If you type;



-->CHART1

The chart will be saved on the currently

active drive.

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For  the limit move,  you must enter the

maximum   number  of  points  that   the

commodity can move in one day.   Be sure

to  enter  this  value  in  points   not

dollars.  For example, if the value of a

limit  move is $3  you will enter it  as

300 points since no decimals are used in

the High Tech program.

If you are using CSI compatible data you

can  look up the limit moves in Appendix

B.

Minimum limit move is one point.
Maximum limit move is 32683 points.

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An  Oscillator  is  an index  which  has

values ranging from 1 to -1.  Therefore,

since  a  short  signal is  given  by  a

positive  value  and a  long  signal  is

given by a negative value, the following

paramater ranges apply:

parameters:

          --  Range --

   Short    0      1
   Long     0     -1

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You  must decide for yourself the  value

of  a percentage change in price   which

indicates a new bull or bear market. New

bull  markets  are  indicated  by  price

increases and bear markets are indicated

by price decreases.   Therefore you must

enter  a positive value for a buy signal

and a negative value for a sell  signal.

Buy  and sell signals must be entered in

real numbers.   For example, if you wish

to  buy when the price increases by  ten

and  one  half percent  you  will  enter

10.5.

The  following ranges apply for buy  and

sell parameters.


parameters:

          --  Range --

   Short    0     -999
   Long     0      999

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You  must decide for yourself the  value

of  a percentage change in price   which

indicates a new bull or bear market. New

bull  markets  are  indicated  by  price

increases and bear markets are indicated

by price decreases.   Therefore you must

enter  a positive value for a buy signal

and a negative value for a sell  signal.

Buy  and sell signals must be entered in

real numbers.   For example, if you wish

to buy when the price increases by three

and one half percent you will enter 3.5.

The  following ranges apply for buy  and

sell parameters.


parameters:

          --  Range --

   Short    0     -50
   Long     0      50

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Percent  R  values will range from 0  to

100.   Higher  values indicate  oversold

conditions  in  the  market  and   lower

values  indicate overbought condition in

the  market.   Buy  and sell  indicators

must  fall between 0 and  100,  and  the

buying parameter must be higher then the

selling parameter.

The  following  ranges apply for %R  buy

and sell parameters.


parameters:

          --  Range --

   Short    0     100
   Long     0     100

Note:  Long  parameter  must be  greater

than short parameter.


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The  length of a Relative Strength Index

can  range from 3 to 299 days.   If  you

have  less  than 299 days in  your  data

file,  the  maximum length  will be  the

number of days in your data file.

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The values for RSI will range from 0  to

100.     Higher   values   indicate   an

overbought  situation in the market  and

lower   values   indicate  an   oversold

condition.   Therefore  your buy  signal

must be less than your sell signal.

The  following ranges will apply to  buy

and sell parameters.

parameters:


             ----- Range -----
Long            0       100
Short           0       100


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Enter   the  data  drive  and  the   sub

directory  which  contains  the  desired

data.  For example, if you would like to

access  data  on  drive  B:   in  a  sub

directory named COMDATA, you enter:

-->B:\COMDATA

If  the  data is not in a sub  directory

then simply type

-->B:

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To  select  the desired portion  of  the

screen   for   your  chart,   move   the

highlighted  selection up and down  with

the  arrow keys on the numeric key  pad.

Once you have made your selection  press

the <return> key to execute.

Example:  to  have your chart plotted in

the  upper  one quarter of  the  screen,

press  the  down arrow seven  times  and

then press the return key.

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To    select   the   desired   technical

indicator  simply  move the  highlighted

selector  around the menu with  the  up,

down,  left, and right arrow keys.  Once

you  have selected the desired technical

tool you must press the <return> key  to

execute.

Example;   To  select  Standard   Moving

Averages,  press  the  right  arrow  key

twice and hit the return key.

If you would like to exit the program at

this  point,  press the F1 key and  exit

the program from the Program Menu.

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To  select the desired tool simply  move

the highlighted selector up and down the

menu using the up  and down  arrow keys.

To  execute a selected tool simply press

the <return> key.

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To  load data for a particular  contract

you  must move the highlighted  selector

around  the Data Files Menu with the up,

down,  right, and left arrow keys.  Once

the desired data file is highlighted you

must press the <return> key to have data

from that file loaded.

If  the desired data file is on  another

disk or in another directory,  press the

F6 key and identify the drive.

If you would like to exit the program at

this  point,  press the F1 key and  exit

the program from the Program Menu.

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From  this  menu  you can  choose  which

program you would like to  run.   Simply

move  the  highlighted selector  up  and

down  the  menu  using the up  and  down

arrow keys and press the <return> key to

execute the selected program.

If  you  would like to run the  Charting

program, you have a choice of running it

in  three different modes.   You can run

the  program while creating an auto  run

file  which  will  save  all  your   key

strokes.   You  can run the program with

an  auto  run file you  have  previously

created.  Or, you can use manual control

while  running the  program.   You  will

normally  run  the program using  manual

control.

The Data Management program will be used

for entry and upkeep of your data files.

The  Configuration program will be  used

to  change  the default data  drive  and

change  the  colors of your  charts  and

menus.

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Value  for the Accumulation Distribution

index will range from 0 to 100.   Higher

values  indicate distribution and  lower

values   indicate   accumulation.    You

should  sell when the index is high  and

buy when the index is low.

The  following ranges apply to long  and

short parameters;

parameters:


                 ----- Range -----
Long               0          100
Short              0          100

Note: Long parameter must be  less  than

short parameter.

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The  length of a Price Channel can range

from  2  to the number of days  in  your

data  file.   If you have more than  300

days in your data file then the  maximum

length of the index will be 299.

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The  value  of a percent band can  range

from  .01 to 99.   If you would like  to

plot  a two and one half  percent  price

band, enter 2.5 and not .0025.

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The  length  of the Commodities  Channel

Index can range from 2 to the number  of

days  in  your data file.   If you  have

more  than  300 days in your  data  file

then  the  maximum length  will  be  299

days.

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The value of the constant can range from

.001 to 1.

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The  values for the Commodities  Channel

Index  will  almost always fall  between

200 and -200.   Higher values   indicate

that  the commodity should be bought and

lower values indicate that the commodity

should be sold.

The   following  parameter  ranges  will

apply to short and long parameters:

parameters:

             ----- Range -----
Long          200       -200
Short         200       -200

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The length of the Regression Slope Index

can  range from 2 to the number of  days

in  your  data file.   If you have  more

than  299  days in your data  file,  the

maximum length will be 299.

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Long and Short parameters for the Volume

Open  Interest Index can range from  999

to -999.   Higher values indicate buying

conditions  and  lower values   indicate

selling conditions.

The following ranges apply to short  and

long parameters;

parameters:

                      ---- Range ----
Long                    0       999
Short                   0      -999

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The  length  of a  Directional  Movement

Indicator  can range from 3 to one  half

the  number  of days in your data  file.

The maximum length will be 299 days.

If  the  program is  not  accepting  the

length  you  are  giving  it,   you  are

probably  specifying  a length which  is

greater  than one half the days in  your

data file.

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The  trading value of the ADX will  fall

between 1 and 99.   Higher Values of ADX

indicate greater directional strength.

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The  starting value of the  Acceleration

Factor can range from .001 to .9.

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You   can  increment  the   Acceleration

Factor  by .001 to .9,  depending on the

starting   value  of  the   acceleration

factor.   The  starting value  plus  the

increment  value  must be less  than  .9

which is the maximum ending value of the

Acceleration Factor.   For example,   if

you  have entered a starting value of .5

you  cannot increment by .6.   The  most

you  can  increment by is  .5.   If  the

program is not accepting your  increment

value,  your  starting  value plus  your

increment value is probably exeeding .9.

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The  ending  value of  the  Acceleration

factor   must  range  from  .001  to  .9

depending  on the starting  value.   The

ending value must always be larger  than

the  starting value.   If the program is

not   accepting   the  value   you   are

entering,   than    you   are   probably

entering a value which is less than  the

starting value.

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For  the  limit move you must enter  the

maximum   number  of  points  that   the

commodity can move in one day.   Be sure

to  enter  this  value  in  points   not

dollars.  For example, if the value of a

limit  move is $3,  you will enter it as

300 points since no decimals are used in

the High Tech program.

If you are using CSI compatible data you

can refer to  Appendix B.

Minimum limit move is one point.
Maximum limit move is 32683 points.

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The  value  of the Swing  constant  must

range from 0 to 99.

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The  length of the Volatility Index  can

range  from 2 to the number of days  you

have  in  your data file.   If you  have

more than 299 day in your data file then

the maximum length will be 299.

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The  constant  for the Volatility  Index

can  range from 1 to 9.

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The  percentage  of  a  Retracement  can

range  from  1 to 99.   The most  common

retracement values are 25,  50,  and  75

percent.

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You can plot one,  two,  three,  or four

speed lines on the chart at one time.

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To  select  the item you would  like  to

configure, move the highlighted selector

up  and down the menu using the up,  and

down arrow keys.  Once you have selected

the item, press the <return> key.  After

making  all desired  configurations  you

must  move  the highlighted selector  to

the last selection on the menu and press

the    <return>   key   to   save    the

configurations you have made.   Once you

have  saved the configuration,  you  can

press  the  F1  key and  return  to  the

Program Menu.

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To choose menu foreground and background

colors   simply  move  the   highlighted

selector  around the menu using the  up,

down, right, and left arrow keys.  Enter

the desired color by pressing the return

key.

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The  value for this indicator can  range

from 0 to 32683.   If the program is not

accepting  this value,  you are probably

enter a negative number.

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When  naming  an auto run file you  must

enter  the disk drive and the path  name

as the first part of the file name.  For

example,  if  your auto run file  is  on

the  B drive in the subdirectory  titled

RUNFILES,  and  you  would like to  name

your file AUTORUN1,  you will enter  the

following file name:


-->B:\CHARTS\GRAPH1

B: identifies the disk drive.
\RUNFILES identifies the subdirectory.
\AUTORUN1 is the name of the file.

Note:   You  must  have  a  subdirectory

already  created  before you  enter  The

High Tech program.  For more information

about  subdirectories  consult your  DOS

manual.

To  simply  create or read an  auto  run

file from drive B: enter

-->B:AUTORUN1

If you type

-->AUTORUN1

the  run  file AUTORUN1 will  be  either

created or run on/off the default drive.

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You  can  display all data in memory  to

the  screen by pressing the return  key.

Or, you can enter the number of days you

would  like  to have  displayed  on  the

screen.   For example, if you would like

to  display the last 10 days of data  on

the screen, enter a 10.

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If  you would like the program to  pause

after plotting each chart you must press

the  `Y' key.   If you  do instruct  the

program  to  pause between  charts,  you

must  press  a key after each  chart  is

completed.

You will typically not have the  program

pause  between  charts if the  auto  run

file dumps each chart to the printer.

If  the autorun file does not dump  each

chart  to the printer,  you should  have

the program pause between charts so that

you get a chance to study it.

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When  entering the name of the commodity

you are creating a data file for,  enter

the name of the commodity only.  Do  not

enter  the  expiration month  and  year.

You  will  be  entering  the  expiration

month and year in the next two prompts.

The  name of your commodity can  not  be

more than 15 characters long.

If   you  have  finished  creating   all

desired  data files,  press the <return>

key before entering a commodity name and

you   will  be  returned  to  the   Data

Management Menu.

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Enter  the  expiration month with a  two

digit  number.   For example,  to  enter

June  as  an expiration month  you  will

enter "06".   If you are creating a file

for cash prices or stocks,  enter a  "0"

for the expiration month.

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Enter  the  expiration year with  a  two

digit number.   For example, to enter an

expiration year of 1985, enter "85".

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Enter  the  number  of weeks  which  you

expect  this  data  file  to  eventually

range over.   Typically this will be the

number of weeks between the current date

and expiration.

For example, if the current date is June

1st,  1985,  and you are creating a data

file for December 85 Live Hogs, the file

will  eventually  contain data   for  24

weeks.

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Enter  the date of the daily set of data

in  the following  format  YYMMDD.   For

example,   a date of March 2,  1985 will

be entered as 850302.

If  you  press the <return> key  without

entering a date you will be returned  to

the Data Management Menu.

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The  day of the week will be represented

by a single digit.  The following digits

should  be  entered  in  place  of   the

respective days of the week:

MONDAY    1
TUESDAY   2
WEDNSDAY  3
THURSDAY  4
FRIDAY    5

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Enter the day's opening price.  If there

is  no opening price,  enter the closing

price  or  any other price  which  falls

between the daily high and low prices.

When   entering  prices,   do  not   use

decimals.   A  price of 52.45 should  be

entered as 5245.  If the price is quoted

in quarters then a price of 3.52 and one

quarter  will be entered as 3522.   A  2

represents one quarter,  a 4  represents

one   half  and  a  6  represents  three

quarters.

Another example:  a per bushell price of

corn  quoted  at 2.95 and  3/4  will  be

entered as 2956.

The  highest  price  you  can  enter  is

65366.   If  the opening price is higher

than 65366 then drop the last digit.
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Enter the daily high price.  Be sure not

to use decimals.  The price must be less

than  65366.   If  the price is  greater

than 65366, drop the last digit.

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Enter the daily low price.   Be sure not

to use decimals.  The price must be less

than  65366.   If  the price is  greater

than 65366, drop the last digit.

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Enter the daily closing  price.  Be sure

not to use decimals.   The price must be

less  than  65366.    If  the  price  is

greater than 65366, drop the last digit.

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Enter the actual volume for the previous

day.   Since  the  actual volume is  not

reported  until the following  day,  you

must  enter yesterday's true volume  and

the program will enter this volume  with

yesterday's  prices.   The volume  which

will  accompany  today's prices will  be

the estimated volume.

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Enter  today's estimated  volume.   This

value  will  be replaced by  the  actual

volume tomorrow.

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Enter  yesterday's  open  interest.  The

program  will  place this open  interest

with  yesterday's prices.  Today's  open

interest  will  not  be  reported  until

tomorrow,  therefore,   the program will

also  use yesterday's open  interest  as

today's  open interest.   When you enter

the  new open interest  tommorrow,  this

value will be replaced by the true  open

interest.

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You must enter the date in the following

format  YYMMDD.   For example,  to enter

the date of July 1,  1985 you will  type

850701.   If  you press the <return> key

without  entering a date,  you  will  be

returned to the Data Management Menu.

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To select the piece of data to be edited

you must enter the corresponding number.

For example,  to edit the date press the

"1" key and enter the correct date.   To

edit  the opening price,  press the  "3"

key and enter the correct opening price.

When   you  have  finished  editing  all

incorrect  data press the  <return>  key

and  you  will be returned to  the  Data

Management Menu.

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To  change a value,  enter the new value

and press the <return> key.

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Use  the  up  and  down  arrow  keys  to

highlight   the  desired  selection  and

press the <return> key.

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Use  the  up  and  down  arrow  keys  to

highlight  the desired function and then

press  the  <return>  key  to   execute.

Press  the  F1 key if you would like  to

move  to  the Program Menu and  run  the

Charting program.

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You  have chosen a file to  be  deleted.

If you are sure you would like to delete

this file, press the `Y' key.  If you do

not wish to delete this contract,  press

the `N' key.

Note:  Once  you delete a contract there

is no way to reclaim it.

Be Carefull !!!!!!

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To select the desired color, simply move

the highlighted selector around the menu

using  the up,  down,  left,  and  right

arrow  keys  on  the  numeric  key  pad.

Press  the  <return>  key to  enter  the

selected color.  Press the F6 key if you

would    like   to   return    to    the

CONFIGURATION  MENU without changing the

color.

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If prices are quoted in 32nds then enter

"32",   otherwise enter "100".    Common

commodities   which   trade  in   thirty

seconds are:

T. BONDS
GNMA's
CD's
TEN YEAR NOTES

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This message is to make you aware of the

fact  that  all  commodities  quoted  in

32ands  (such  as  T.   BONDS)  must  be

adjusted  to  compensate for  the  gaps.

For  example,  a  gap  will  occur  when

prices  rise  one point from  6931,  the

price will jump to 7000 even though  the

increase was only one point.  These gaps

must  be  removed or the bar chart  will

appear  jagged.   Gaps will  also  cause

false  signals to be given by almost all

technical indicators.   The disadvantage

to  eliminating the gaps is that  prices

will  no longer match the quoted  prices

for  each day.   To compensate for  this

problem, we have compromised a bit.  The

prices  displayed  in  the  upper   left

corner  of the screen are the  unaltered

prices.   The  unaltered  prices  appear

only  for the last day.   If you use the

cursor  keys to report  statistics,  you

will  see the altered prices printed  in

the upper left corner of the screen.


NOTE:  Due  to the alteration of prices,
the  scaling on the Bar Chart  will  not
match today's quoted price.

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If  you  would like the portion  of  the

chart  which  is to be occupied  by  the

chart  you are now  constructing,  press

the <return> key.   For example,  if you

would  like your new chart to occupy the

upper left corner of the chart, and that

portion is currently occupied by another

chart,  press  the <return> key to  have

the old chart erased.

If you would like to draw the new  chart

over  the old,  press the `N' key.   You

will  typically press the `N'  key  when

plotting  a  moving average over  a  bar

chart.

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You   have  the  choice  of  using   two

different  sets  of  colors.    You  can

either  use Green,  Brown,  and Red,  or

White,  Cyan,  and  Magenta.    Use  the

cursor   keys  to  select  the   desired

palette of colors.

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